To THOMAS WILSON, Efq.
. d e ;a r :B.i r ,
A'^S the following Journal wafuftdertakeh at
ypur Requeft, and its principal Object ,to
afford you.fome Amufement during your Hours of
Relaxation, I (hall efteem myfelf happy if it anfwers
that Purpofe.
I hope that the Specimens of Natural Hiftory
may tend to the Promotion of your favourite
Science, and that, on this Account, it will not be
unacceptable to you. By the next Conveyance I
truft I {hall be enabled to make fbme Additions,
that will not be unworthy the Attention of the
Naturalifts.
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